In the debut episode of The MMA Beat, MMA Fighting’s Mike Chiappetta, Ariel Helwani and Luke Thomas discuss several important topics from the past week, including Jon Jones’ brand, a fighters’ union, gsp vs. silva superfight and much more.

Helwani and chiappetta make cents, not much sense to go with it. The UFC is making thinner cards and
its easy to say they also lacks the quality of fights given they come so often. Every 2/3 weeks seems reasonable but its wearing everybody out with the constant fights. We’ll lose track after a month and if they can expand or split nights under the same headlines that would be appropriate for fans.